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St. Mary’s is always known as a power in Southern Oregon small-school soccer, having reached at least the Class 3A-2A-1A quarterfinals 10 of the last 11 non-COVID years and winning the Spring 2021 3A Cumulative Championship. This year, the Crusaders may be on to something special. Through exactly half of their 14-game schedule, St. Mary’s has not allowed a single score against. That’s 47 goals for St. Mary’s, none for its seven opponents. The la…

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Crusaders Extend Shutout Streak In Girls' Soccer - Rogue River Press

Fort George as it appeared from the river in 1845, as sketched by H. Warre. (Image: Oregon Historical Society) One of the more interesting things about Oregon history is how much of a role “colorful characters” played in it. Until a few dozen years ago, historians didn’t much like talking about the contributions of prostitutes, swindlers, shanghaiers and other underworld characters to Oregon’s history, preferring to talk about brave pioneers and…

Offbeat Oregon History for October 2, 2024 - Rogue River Press

Rogue River freshman Adrian Valencia maneuvers around Brookings-Harbor defender Colton Spitael during the first half of the Chieftains’ 2-0 loss to the Bruins. Photo by Brian Mortensen, Rogue River Press. The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High boys’ soccer team is still looking for its first victory through the second year of its rejuvenated program. The team still has the speed up front, and its players could rush the goal after a long kick from junior g…

Chiefs Better At Physical Loss - Rogue River Press

Bird friendly home sign, Rosalie Wetzel/USFWS. Fall migration is underway for many species of migratory birds headed to their overwintering grounds. This means it’s a great time to get outside or keep an eye out your window for some new or interesting bird species. While fall is an exciting time for bird watching, it also presents some challenges for the birds that are making a long journey across the country. Predators, inclement weather and co…

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Treat Windows To Help Birds Migrate Safely - Rogue River Press

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• OREGON 99 (Rogue River Highway), MP 10.8-12.2, Birdseye Creek, Foots Creek and Millers Gulch Bridge replacement project ($11 million), https://www.oregon.gov/odot/projects/pages/project-details.aspx?project=22290 This project will replace three 1920s-era bridges on Rogue River Highway with structures that are better able to withstand earthquakes. The bridges are located east of the city of Rogue River at…

ODOT Construction Update - Rogue River Press

Photo courtesy of JMET and Josephine County Sheriff’s Office. On September 25, the Josephine Marijuana Enforcement Team (JMET) executed a search warrant in the 1000 block of White Schoolhouse Road, Cave Junction, regarding an illegal marijuana grow site. The warrant was executed with the assistance of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC) and Josephine County Public Health & Building Safety. The suspect in this case had an OLCC licens…

JMET Search Warrant: White Schoolhouse Road - Rogue River Press

Jake Samuels, the leading jockey during the Grants Pass Downs Fall racing season, won a pair of races, one on Sun., Sept. 29, one on Mon., Sept. 30, to hold on to his lead with 15 wins, but look out for Jaime Lopez. Lopez won five races, including two in a row on Sept. 29 as part of three wins that day, two on quarterhorses. The five nearly doubled the six he had through the first three weekends of the season and put him in second in the jockey …

Samuels Leads, But Look Out For Lopez - Rogue River Press

Red and Ready, with jockey Blake Nunnally dressed in blue, leads down the opening straightaway in the five-and-a-half-furlong sixth race on Mon., Sept. 23, at Grants Pass Downs. Red and Ready was overtaken by Prince of Memphis with Downs-leading jockey Jake Samuels aboard. Photo by Brian Mortensen, Rogue River Press. Apolinaria Prize, which had placed second in its preliminary race on the Sept. 8 opening day of the Grants Pass Down fall season, …

Apolinaria Prize Wins $58,000 Challenge Final - Rogue River Press

By the estimation of Mike Braxton and the rest of the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High football coaching staff, the Chieftains had been on school buses for 37 hours, round trip, to each of its four games, all on the road, and its preseason jamboree in Lowell, five visits in nearly literally five different directions from Rogue River. In Braxton’s estimation, all those miles and sitting on buses to play “to have about eight hours of play) a 40-hour week …

Chieftains Finally Host A Football Game! - Rogue River Press

Cyclists ride on the Rogue River Greenway at Valley of the Rogue State Park during the 14th Ride The Rogue cycling event. With perfect weather on Sat., Sept, 28, there were more cyclists at the event than in past years with greater heat and forest fire smoke. Photo by Brian Mortensen, Rogue River Press. After years of the threat of September regional forest fire smoke and a worldwide pandemic that cut down numbers at the Ride The Rogue cycling e…

Clear Skies, More Cycles At Ride The Rogue - Rogue River Press

Rogue River Press archived photo. Now through Sunday, Oct. 27, Windermere Real Estate in Rogue River will help keep children warm this winter by collecting donations of winter necessities. Windermere real estate brokers will deliver these essential donations to local schools, ensuring that those children have the warmth they need this season. The public can help by bringing new or gently used child-sized coats to any of the Southern Oregon Winde…

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